April 24, 2006
An Executive Business Meeting has been scheduled by the Committee on the Judiciary for Thursday,
April 27, 2006 at 9:30 a.m., in the Senate Dirksen Building Room 226.
By order of the Chairman
AGENDA
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.
I. Nominations
Norman Randy Smith
to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
Brett Kavanaugh
to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the DC Circuit
Michael Ryan Barrett
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
Brian M. Cogan
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
Thomas M. Golden
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Timothy Anthony Junker
to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa
Patrick Smith
to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina
II. Bills
S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006
[Specter]
S. 2455, Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006
[DeWine, Graham]
S. 2468, A bill to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, and for other purposes
[Schumer]
S. 2557, Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006
[Specter, Kohl, DeWine, Leahy, Feinstein, Durbin]
S. 2292, A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive
rent charges
[Specter, Leahy, Cornyn, Feinstein, Biden]
S. 2039, Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2005
[Durbin, Specter, DeWine, Leahy, Kennedy, Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer]
III. Matters
S.J. Res. 1, Marriage Protection Amendment
[Allard, Sessions, Kyl, Hatch, Cornyn, Coburn, Brownback, DeWine]